Melissa Earley, RN, Registered Nurse
Get to know Registered Nurse, Melissa Earley, who serves patients in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Specializing in home health nursing and hospice care, Melissa is a registered nurse working in New Jersey.
In her role, she works directly with patients, oversees their medications, and provides quality care. She notes that a long-term care nurse serves the elderly by helping to feed them, bathing and grooming them, helping them use the toilet, dressing them, and changing positions to avoid further healthcare issues. As an administrator, she manages other nurses in her department in a long-term care facility.
Academically, Melissa graduated with her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Susquehanna University in 1987. She then pursued a degree in nursing from Framingham Union Hospital School of Nursing in 1990, and was certified in trauma at Hahnemann University Hospital.
Throughout her line of work, she has served as a clinical supervisor with Maxim Healthcare Group (October 2019 – June 2020), an operating room nurse at Hahnemann University Hospital (July 2018 – April 2020), a case manager with Cigna (September 2017 – February 2018), a registered nurse at Premier Urgent Care (January 2016 – July 2016), and as a registered nurse at Hahnemann University Hospital (September 1993 – April 2010).
A registered nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar licensing body to obtain a nursing license. RNs fulfill a variety of job duties. In addition to their primary role of treating and caring for patients, their responsibilities also include educating patients and the public about a variety of medical conditions, as well as providing emotional support and advice to the families of their patients. Other RN job functions include performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results, operating medical equipment, administering medications, recording patients’ symptoms and medical histories, as well as assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.
Having worked in the nursing field for more than 25 years, Melissa attributes her success to having compassion for her patients, listening to them, and providing them with the best care she can.
Learn More about Melissa Earley:
Through her online profile, https://todaysnurse.org/network/index.php?do=/4149103/info/
